قرن in the Quran

Verses with قرن

Verses 1–20 of 22

1. Each word opens its meaning.

   أَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن قَرْنٍۢ مَّكَّنَّـٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَا لَمْ نُمَكِّن لَّكُمْ وَأَرْسَلْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيْهِم مِّدْرَارًۭا وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرَ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهِمْ فَأَهْلَكْنَـٰهُم بِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَأَنشَأْنَا مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ قَرْنًا ءَاخَرِينَ

   See they not how many Of those before them We did destroy?— Generations We had established On the earth, in strength Such as We have not given To you—for whom We poured out rain From the skies in abundance, And gave (fertile) streams Flowing beneath their (feet): Yet for their sins We destroyed them, And raised in their wake Fresh generations (To succeed them).

   Tafsir (Arabic)
   Surah Al-An'am, verse 6:6
2. Each word opens its meaning.

   وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَا ٱلْقُرُونَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَمَّا ظَلَمُوا۟ ۙ وَجَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ لِيُؤْمِنُوا۟ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

   Generations before you We destroyed when they Did wrong: their Apostles Came to them with Clear Signs, But they would not believe! Thus do We requite Those who sin!

   Tafsir (Arabic)
   Surah Yunus, verse 10:13
3. Each word opens its meaning.

   فَلَوْلَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ أُو۟لُوا۟ بَقِيَّةٍۢ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ ٱلْفَسَادِ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًۭا مِّمَّنْ أَنجَيْنَا مِنْهُمْ ۗ وَٱتَّبَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مَآ أُتْرِفُوا۟ فِيهِ وَكَانُوا۟ مُجْرِمِينَ

   Why were there not, Among the generations before you, Persons possessed of balanced Good sense, prohibiting (men) From mischief in the earth— Except a few among them Whom We saved (from harm)? But the wrong-doers pursued The enjoyment of the good things Of life which were given them, And persisted in sin.

   Tafsir (Arabic)
   Surah Hud, verse 11:116
4. Each word opens its meaning.

   وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ نُوحٍۢ ۗ وَكَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ بِذُنُوبِ عِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرًۢا بَصِيرًۭا

   How many generations Have We destroyed. after Noah? And enough is thy Lord To note and see The sins of His servants

   Tafsir (Arabic)
   Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:17
5. Each word opens its meaning.

   وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَن ذِى ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ ۖ قُلْ سَأَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْكُم مِّنْهُ ذِكْرًا

   They ask thee concerning Ẓul-qarnain. Say, "I will rehearse to you Something of his story."

   Tafsir (Arabic)
   Surah Al-Kahf, verse 18:83
6. Each word opens its meaning.

   حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغَ مَغْرِبَ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَغْرُبُ فِى عَيْنٍ حَمِئَةٍۢ وَوَجَدَ عِندَهَا قَوْمًۭا ۗ قُلْنَا يَـٰذَا ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ إِمَّآ أَن تُعَذِّبَ وَإِمَّآ أَن تَتَّخِذَ فِيهِمْ حُسْنًۭا

   Until, when he reached The setting of the sun, He found it set In a spring of murky water: Near it he found a People: We said: "O Ẓul-qarnain! (Thou hast authority,) either To punish them, or To treat them with kindness."

   Tafsir (Arabic)
   Surah Al-Kahf, verse 18:86
7. Each word opens its meaning.

   قَالُوا۟ يَـٰذَا ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ إِنَّ يَأْجُوجَ وَمَأْجُوجَ مُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَهَلْ نَجْعَلُ لَكَ خَرْجًا عَلَىٰٓ أَن تَجْعَلَ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُمْ سَدًّۭا

   They said: "O Ẓul-qarnain! The Gog and Magog (people) Do great mischief on earth: Shall we then render thee Tribute in order that Thou mightest erect a barrier Between us and them?

   Tafsir (Arabic)
   Surah Al-Kahf, verse 18:94
8. Each word opens its meaning.

   وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هُمْ أَحْسَنُ أَثَـٰثًۭا وَرِءْيًۭا

   But how many (countless) Generations before them Have We destroyed, Who were even better In equipment and in glitter To the eye?

   Tafsir (Arabic)
   Surah Maryam, verse 19:74
9. Each word opens its meaning.

   وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هَلْ تُحِسُّ مِنْهُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ أَوْ تَسْمَعُ لَهُمْ رِكْزًۢا

   But how many (countless) Generations before them Have We destroyed? Canst thou Find a single one of them (Now) or hear. (so much As) a whisper of them?

   Tafsir (Arabic)
   Surah Maryam, verse 19:98
10. Each word opens its meaning.

    قَالَ فَمَا بَالُ ٱلْقُرُونِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ

    (Pharaoh) said: "What then Is the condition Of previous generations?"

    Tafsir (Arabic)
    Surah Taha, verse 20:51
11. Each word opens its meaning.

    أَفَلَمْ يَهْدِ لَهُمْ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ يَمْشُونَ فِى مَسَـٰكِنِهِمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍۢ لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلنُّهَىٰ

    Is it not a warning to such Men (to call to mind) How many generations before them We destroyed, in whose haunts They (now) move? Verily, In this are Signs for men Endued with understanding.

    Tafsir (Arabic)
    Surah Taha, verse 20:128
12. Each word opens its meaning.

    ثُمَّ أَنشَأْنَا مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ قَرْنًا ءَاخَرِينَ

    Then We raised after them Another generation.

    Tafsir (Arabic)
    Surah Al-Mu'minun, verse 23:31
13. Each word opens its meaning.

    ثُمَّ أَنشَأْنَا مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ قُرُونًا ءَاخَرِينَ

    Then We raised after them Other generations.

    Tafsir (Arabic)
    Surah Al-Mu'minun, verse 23:42
14. Each word opens its meaning.

    وَعَادًۭا وَثَمُودَا۟ وَأَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلرَّسِّ وَقُرُونًۢا بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ كَثِيرًۭا

    As also ’Ad and Thamūd, And the Companions Of the Rass, and many A generation between them.

    Tafsir (Arabic)
    Surah Al-Furqan, verse 25:38
15. Each word opens its meaning.

    وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَآ أَهْلَكْنَا ٱلْقُرُونَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ بَصَآئِرَ لِلنَّاسِ وَهُدًۭى وَرَحْمَةًۭ لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ

    We did reveal to Moses The Book after We had Destroyed the earlier generations, (To give) Insight to men, And Guidance and Mercy, That they might receive admonition.

    Tafsir (Arabic)
    Surah Al-Qasas, verse 28:43
16. Each word opens its meaning.

    وَلَـٰكِنَّآ أَنشَأْنَا قُرُونًۭا فَتَطَاوَلَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْعُمُرُ ۚ وَمَا كُنتَ ثَاوِيًۭا فِىٓ أَهْلِ مَدْيَنَ تَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَـٰتِنَا وَلَـٰكِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِينَ

    But We raised up (new) Generations, and long were the ages That passed over them; But thou wast not a dweller Among the people of Madyan, Rehearsing Our Signs to them; But it is We Who send Apostles (with inspiration).

    Tafsir (Arabic)
    Surah Al-Qasas, verse 28:45
17. Each word opens its meaning.

    قَالَ إِنَّمَآ أُوتِيتُهُۥ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عِندِىٓ ۚ أَوَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَدْ أَهْلَكَ مِن قَبْلِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ مَنْ هُوَ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُ قُوَّةًۭ وَأَكْثَرُ جَمْعًۭا ۚ وَلَا يُسْـَٔلُ عَن ذُنُوبِهِمُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ

    He said: "This has been given To me because of a certain Knowledge which I have." Did he not know that God Had destroyed, before him, (Whole) generations,—which were Superior to him in strength And greater in the amount (Of riches) they had collected? But the wicked are not Called (immediately) to account For their sins.

    Tafsir (Arabic)
    Surah Al-Qasas, verse 28:78
18. Each word opens its meaning.

    أَوَلَمْ يَهْدِ لَهُمْ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ يَمْشُونَ فِى مَسَـٰكِنِهِمْ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ ۖ أَفَلَا يَسْمَعُونَ

    Does it not teach them A lesson, how many generations We destroyed before them, In whose dwellings they (Now) go to and fro? Verily in that are Signs: Do they not then listen?

    Tafsir (Arabic)
    Surah As-Sajdah, verse 32:26
19. Each word opens its meaning.

    أَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ أَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ

    See they not how many Generations before them We destroyed? Not to them Will they return:

    Tafsir (Arabic)
    Surah Ya-Sin, verse 36:31
20. Each word opens its meaning.

    كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن قَرْنٍۢ فَنَادَوا۟ وَّلَاتَ حِينَ مَنَاصٍۢ

    How many generations Before them did We destroy? In the end they cried (For mercy)—when There was no longer time For being saved!

    Tafsir (Arabic)
    Surah Sad, verse 38:3